INJECTION OF BALLISTIC HOT-ELECTRONS AND COOL HOLES IN A 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON-GAS

被引:9
作者
WILLIAMSON, JG
VANHOUTEN, H
BEENAKKER, CWJ
BROEKAART, MEI
SPENDELER, LIA
VANWEES, BJ
FOXON, CT
机构
[1] DELFT UNIV TECHNOL,DEPT APPL PHYS,2600 GA DELFT,NETHERLANDS
[2] PHILIPS RES LABS,REDHILL RH1 5HA,SURREY,ENGLAND
[3] UNIV JOSEPH FOURNIER,ECOLE PHYS MAGISTERE GRENOBLE,GRENOBLE,FRANCE
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D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(90)90894-E
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have constructed a novel magnetic spectrometer to study the dynamics of hot electrons and cool missing electron states injected by quantum point contacts in the two-dimensional electron gas of a GaAs-AlxGa1-x As heterostructure. The mean free path of these quasi-particles is found to be longer than recent theoretical estimates. The injection energy of the particles is found to be anomalously low as the point contact approaches pinch-off, and also for high bias voltages. © 1990.
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